Pros: The hardware that comes with this laptop is fantastic for the price (469.99 with Free Shipping) I was expecting a laptop that is somewhat bulky but it is fairly thin but not thin to where you'll feel like you'll break it in your backpack. I love the fact that this laptop uses Nvidia Optimus to turn off the GT 940m video card when not in use as this laptop will run 5-6 hours when not used. And when you need it, it turns on seamlessly (it auto-detects which GPU it should use but it can be changed if desired.) Its completely white with black keys on the inside and black on the outside which actually looks quote nice. Also, its not a fingerprint magnet! The laptop is completely textured which stops those nasty fingerprints from presenting themselves. The back of the laptop can be serviced by removing 18 screws which doesn't seem very hard. Webcam looks very clear in a well lit room (haven't tested it in a dark room yet) Lastly, this laptop has a free optical drive bay that's not populated with a drive (So you can choose your own drive or utilize a converter to turn it into a secondary HDD/SSD bay)

Cons: None that really bothers me.

Overall Review: My laptop came configured with 1x8GB Hynix module (An additional slot is available for a maximum of 16GB of memory), a Seagate 1TB ST1000LM014 SSHD (The 8GB SSD is not available to the user but is used for auto caching data), a 1GbE Realtek Ethernet Controller and a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless AC 2.0 module with Bluetooth 4.1 for those who are wondering about the internal hardware.

Pros: Great looking case, Love the cooling (Includes 2 top fans and 1 rear fan), and has fan filters on everything but the side panel (So much for keeping the dust out...) Case is painted inside and out which is nice. Tool-less drive bays work well. Blue Power LED with White HDD LED looks decent.

Cons: This case has a few quality control issues and doesn't include a more detailed manual like other vendors do. First off, there is almost no assembly manual therefore one has to guess what type of screw is used for what (Chassis like Thermaltake or Corsair inform you on what screw to use on what component.) I know this is silly but I'd rather not guess which one goes where (Not every manufacturer uses the same screws heads for certain components and may use screws that look much different.) As for the thumb screws for the right access panel, one of them was completely bent and looked to be shoved into the screw hole diagonally (Box arrived in pristine condition and this does not seem to be a defect caused by shipping.) As for the expansion slots on the back, none of them were pre-threaded and took a ton of muscle and patience to install a screw for the expansion cards. Overall, the quality was poorer than a chassis selling 10-20 dollars less from a competing manufacturer.

Pros: Great quality chassis! Comes with power supply.

Cons: Too small! I met the standard for maximum HSF clearance by an inch and it was right up against the top of the case and left no room for the HDD. Had to return and get a larger case.

Overall Review: You would think they would have factored in the maximum clearance with a HDD installed... Gave it three eggs because the case was nice but dropped two because they need to clearly document the maximum HSF height with an HDD installed!

Pros: Built in BIOS speaker, Extremely inexpensive (15 dollars with a combo deal), HDMI output

Cons: Arrived DOA, would not POST (No beeps, no display, nada.) Rude support (See below.)

Overall Review: Received this board about 2 days ago for a fairly basic build. Threw it together with an Athlon 5350, A single ADATA XPG DDR3 1600 MHz memory stick, 600 watt PSU (That I used on another build and had lying around) and a 250GB Toshiba HDD. Crossed my fingers and powered it up, nothing. So I removed it from its case, removed the HDD and performed a breadboard build. Swapped the PSU and memory with another brand I picked up from the store and still no response. I could only get a response by removing its RAM module and then it beeps 3 times indicating 64k base memory error (because RAM is missing.) This leaves only the mainboard or APU. Wanting to see if I could get any insight as to why it wouldn't boot before RMA'ing it, I gave MSI a call. Hit all the extensions for motherboard support, 5 minute wait and I got connected to someone. They answered like they were in a rush and all I could get out was "I have an MSI AM1 board..." and from there the MSI rep cut me off and said that I called the desktop and notebook support line and their motherboard support guys weren't going to be in for another half-hour then disconnected me. I've never talked to a support staff that was so rude. So I've decided to return the board and go for another manufacturer (even if its a bit more) and stay away from MSI products in the future.

Pros: Worked, fixed the issue! Installation was easy!

Cons: Looked a bit used, but the part listed here says it's refurbished or used, so I'm not mad at all. Stuff like this is usually better than new considering its been pulled from a working unit.

Overall Review: Was given a PS3 for free from a friend who said it wouldn't read blu-ray games or movies and told me if I could fix it, I could have it. Took it home, noticed it would read DVD's but not blu-rays. Figured it was the blue laser in the unit so I went searching online and found this matched the part within my CECH-2101A 120GB PS3 Slim. Got it fast within 3 days (Ordered on 23rd of December, Got it on the 26th of December) and installation took less than an hour. Got a PS3 at the cost of a new laser, not bad!

Pros: Fast! This specific card is consistently clocked @ 1162 MHz under load. (Must be Nvidia GPU Boost 2.0 as this card has a max. boost clock of 1085 MHz, ran Furmark for 3 hours). If you look at an Nvidia Reference GTX 780 Ti, its clocked at 875 MHz base clock, so this card overclocked itself about 33% above reference base clock. Card looks good, wish it had a backplate but that's reserved for the higher end version of this card. It has 2x8 pin power connectors so you know this card has more than enough power to boost the GPU's clock speed (Either with GPU Boost or Manual OC). Overall very satisfied with this card.

Cons: The fan assembly/frame was bent on arrival. I bent it back slightly during installation to get the screw holes to line up on the case PCI bracket. One or more of the fans also made a very loud ticking noise on arrival. Running furmark for the three hours, the ticking's still there but tolerable. I may RMA it but I can't stand being without a PC for one day, let alone a couple of weeks. Definitely going to register it with Gigabyte in case one of them fails.

Overall Review: Running Furmark, this card gets between 78-80 degrees C at max load (Xtreme Burn-In Test Performed for 3 hours.) At the clock it was running at, those temps are quite normal. ASIC quality according to GPU-Z is 74.1% (Not the best I've had). GPU Temp. @ idle is 39 degrees C. Rated it @ 4 stars since I liked the performance/design but lacked quality control.